‘There will never be a day when I do zero political cartoons,’ de Adder on cartooning and his surprising bestseller You Might Be From Canada If
For the past three decades, Michael de Adder has been making a name for himself as one of the most critical and hard-hitting editorial cartoonists in Canada. Week after week, he has artfully distilled enigmatic Canadian politics into a single tile. Mr. de Adder, 50, is a Moncton, N.B., native and part of a dying […]
Gap between Liberals, Conservatives narrowing, poll suggests, though Scheer still seen as an unknown
The Liberals maintain their lead in voter support after climbing back from earlier controversies, but are seeing a narrowing popularity gap as Conservatives ride a bump in support from their leadership race, according to a new poll. About 39 per cent of the 2,767 Canadian voters who participated in the online survey conducted by Campaign Research […]
Canadian company the Conservatives used to count leadership vote leads election tech industry on both sides of the border
In the seconds before the Conservative Party declared Andrew Scheer its new leader with a slim majority after a marathon 13 rounds and what would later emerge as a vote-counting controversy, election organizers offered gratitude for the company that tabulated the score. “Before the moment you’ve all been waiting for, there’s one other thank you […]
Scheer’s free-speech promise: smart politics, not smart policy
OTTAWA—On the question of free speech new Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer wasted no time in signalling what Canadians can expect if they choose him to occupy 24 Sussex. Speaking to Conservatives the night he won the leadership last month, he repeated his campaign promise to stop giving federal funds to universities that fail to protect […]
Failed transitions from provincial to federal politics are common
Pressed this weekend to say whether he would run federally if he failed to become national NDP leader next fall, Ontario MPP Jagmeet Singh was studiously noncommittal. “I will continue to fight in the provincial level. I’ll continue to fight in other provinces. I’ll continue to fight on the federal level, as I have done […]
Liberals won’t retract their claws
OAKVILLE, ONT.—With his genial smile, cherubic face, and pleasant personality, it’s easy to think that newly elected Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer is genuinely likeable. Of course, anyone who does think that way about Scheer hasn’t been paying much attention to the Liberal Party’s propaganda machine. After all, that machine has been in overdrive lately, […]
Top Conservatives brief caucus on Scheer’s leadership vote numbers, MPs say they’re now satisfied, Bernier didn’t ask any questions
Conservative MPs say last week’s potentially explosive controversy around newly elected leader Andrew Scheer’s leadership vote numbers is no longer a problem after two top Conservatives briefed the national Conservative caucus on June 7. Conservative MPs also say Dustin Van Vugt, executive director of the Conservative Party, and Derek Vanstone, deputy chief returning officer for […]
Political consequences of interim measures: B.C. election, Kinder-Morgan Pipeline and federal environmental assessment reform
TORONTO—One of the defining features of former prime minister Stephen Harper’s approach to environmental matters was the dramatic streamlining of the federal environmental review and approval processes for energy and other resource projects through his 2012 budget implementation legislation, Bill C-38. The rewriting of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, and the other changes contained in […]
Scheer campaign aides taking senior roles in Conservative OLO, though most of old team remains
With Andrew Scheer now leader of the official opposition Conservative Party, a big question mark is hovering over staffing in the OLO and the Conservative Research Group, but some members of his leadership campaign team had already moved into the OLO last week. Mr. Scheer was elected the new Conservative Party leader in Toronto on May 27, in a […]
Handling Conservative caucus Scheer’s ‘key battleground for party unity’: Pollster Lyle
New Conservative leader Andrew Scheer is expected to wait until some time after the House has risen for the summer before announcing his shadow cabinet, and how he handles this and other caucus issues stand to be a major test of his ability to instil party unity. “He’s approaching the transition as he should, very […]
